dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/jan_MW.json

{
  "Janus-faced":{
    "antonyms":[
      "artless",
      "candid",
      "genuine",
      "heartfelt",
      "honest",
      "sincere",
      "undesigning",
      "unfeigned"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1682, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8j\u0101-n\u0259s-\u02ccf\u0101st"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "artificial",
      "backhanded",
      "counterfeit",
      "double",
      "double-dealing",
      "double-faced",
      "fake",
      "feigned",
      "hypocritical",
      "insincere",
      "jive",
      "left-handed",
      "lip",
      "mealy",
      "mealymouthed",
      "Pecksniffian",
      "phony",
      "phoney",
      "phony-baloney",
      "phoney-baloney",
      "pretended",
      "two-faced",
      "unctuous"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203648",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "jangle":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a discordant often ringing sound":[
        "the jangle of spurs"
      ],
      ": idle talk":[],
      ": noisy quarreling":[],
      ": to cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously":[],
      ": to excite to tense irritation":[
        "jangled nerves"
      ],
      ": to make a harsh or discordant often ringing sound":[
        "keys jangling in my pocket"
      ],
      ": to quarrel verbally":[],
      ": to talk idly":[],
      ": to utter or sound in a discordant, babbling, or chattering way":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Coins jangled out of the machine.",
      "He jangled his keys loudly outside the door.",
      "Noun",
      "the hall was abuzz with the usual preconvention jangle",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The days of hitting three cherries as machines jingle and jangle while spitting out a mountain of quarters are long gone. \u2014 Will Yakowicz, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
      "Like several other Indian genres, Kathak employs anklets bearing dozens of tiny bells that jangle with the steps of bare feet; the meters sounded by Mr. Maharaj\u2019s anklets were often astounding. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "Nerves seemed to jangle several top competitors, and clean landings were hard to find. \u2014 John Branch, New York Times , 25 July 2021",
      "Announcing a timetable for dialing back bond buying would likely spook markets \u2014 but not addressing inflation at all could also jangle nerves on Wall Street. \u2014 NBC News , 16 June 2021",
      "The five-toned chimes would bang out quick arpeggios or jangle together in messy chords. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 22 Feb. 2021",
      "With four decades of down-and-out and so-it-goes jangle behind him, the Book of Bruce \u2014 part near-biblical tract, part noir novella \u2014 is as good as national scripture, and its author sacred as our bard in jeans. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Oct. 2020",
      "The readings will jangle nerves at the European Central Bank and add fuel to the argument for more stimulus. \u2014 Alexander Weber, Bloomberg.com , 2 Oct. 2020",
      "Approaching the drop zone, the bomb bay bell jangled loudly, the payload door retracted, and the plane gave a gentle lurch. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 May 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The Birmingham native\u2019s band Waxahatchee did a strong set of Instagram jangle at Orion. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 16 May 2022",
      "Trumpets blare at the voice-cracking top of their register over a cool upright bass line and the incongruous junkyard jangle of toy piano. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "The jangle of references is a bit disconcerting \u2014 what are Sleeping Beauty\u2019s companions doing on an antebellum plantation in northern New Jersey",
      "Without Keuning\u2019s jangle and riff shards, The Killers have a more poppy sound. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, chicagotribune.com , 18 Aug. 2020",
      "Without Keuning's jangle and riff shards, The Killers have a more poppy sound. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, Star Tribune , 18 Aug. 2020",
      "Also crucial is Murphy's particular knack for using music and color to convey the hothouse longings of her characters; heady metaphors served in the atonal jangle of post punk or the throbbing kaleidoscope of strobe lights at a house party. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 17 June 2020",
      "The return of the character was teased in the first season of the Star Wars drama series, when a pair of black boots with a familiar-sounding jangle entered the frame at the end of one episode. \u2014 James Hibberd, EW.com , 8 May 2020",
      "The singer-guitarist also channels some of the anthemic jangle of Tom Petty and the working-class themes of Bruce Springsteen. \u2014 Kevin Williams, chicagotribune.com , 3 Aug. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3":"Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French jangler , of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch jangelen to grumble":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ja\u014b-g\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "backchat",
      "cackle",
      "causerie",
      "chat",
      "chatter",
      "chin music",
      "chin-wag",
      "chitchat",
      "confab",
      "confabulation",
      "gab",
      "gabfest",
      "gossip",
      "jaw",
      "natter",
      "palaver",
      "patter",
      "rap",
      "schmooze",
      "small talk",
      "table talk",
      "talk",
      "t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095951",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "janitor":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": doorkeeper":[],
      ": one who keeps the premises of a building (such as an apartment or office) clean, tends the heating system, and makes minor repairs":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "got a job as the night janitor at the elementary school",
      "according to popular Christian tradition, St. Peter acts as janitor at heaven's pearly gates",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Hers included two brothers and a mother who worked a night shift as a janitor . \u2014 Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
      "Eventually, officers on the scene used a key retrieved from a janitor to unlock the door to the classroom where the gunman had barricaded himself. \u2014 Olivia Rubin, ABC News , 20 June 2022",
      "Police breach the door using keys obtained from the janitor because both doors are locked. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 27 May 2022",
      "His television career spanned the gamut from janitor to cameraman and director. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Dec. 2021",
      "Law enforcement breached the classroom door at 12:50 p.m., using keys from a janitor , and shot and killed the suspect. \u2014 Elizabeth Joseph, CNN , 9 June 2022",
      "Ramos walked inside the school at 11:33 a.m., and the Border Patrol unit entered the classroom at 12:50 p.m. using keys obtained from a janitor . \u2014 Anna Kaplan, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
      "The classroom was breached at 12:50 p.m. using keys from a janitor . \u2014 Marlene Lenthang, NBC News , 1 June 2022",
      "The crisis ended shortly after officers used keys from a janitor to open the classroom door, entered the room and shot and killed Ramos. \u2014 al , 28 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1629, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin, from janus arch, gate":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8jan-\u0259t-\u0259r",
      "\u02c8ja-n\u0259-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "caretaker",
      "custodian",
      "guardian",
      "keeper",
      "warden",
      "watchman"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115849",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "janissary music":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": music of military bands formed on the Turkish model and featuring shrill fifes and loud oboes and drums, cymbals, triangles, and Turkish crescents":[],
      ": orchestral or other music imitating this music or its qualities":[],
      ": battery sense 12":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-000729"
  },
  "janissary":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a soldier of an elite corps of Turkish troops organized in the 14th century and abolished in 1826":[],
      ": a member of a group of loyal or subservient troops, officials, or supporters":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ja-n\u0259-\u02ccser-\u0113",
      "-\u02cczer-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Su\u0308leyman sent him 2,000 janissaries , the elite of the Ottoman army. \u2014 National Geographic , 8 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Italian gianizzero , from Turkish yeni\u00e7eri , from yeni new + \u00e7eri soldier":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-171707"
  },
  "janthina":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the type genus of Janthinidae comprising pelagic snails of warm seas that have a thin spiral purple shell, a large head, and protrusible gills":[],
      ": any snail of the genus Janthina":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8jan(t) th\u0259n\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Latin ianthina , feminine of ianthinus violet-blue, from Greek ianthinos , from ion violet + anthos flower":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014608"
  }
}